Reading the comments and posts he has made make me think otherwise. Good info on Richardson's USC offer and decent convo about other topics. If his snarky posts make him a troll then you and most everyone else could be called the same. Not to come to anyone's defense but this Troll deal is outdated and used to a point to where it has lost relevance. If his username is a reason to label him a troll then that is just dumb.

Back from a night out and I love how I received all of these negs but it did nothing to my point total and shows how everyone over 100 points is equal. Keep down voting my posts because it is pointless and makes you look like a fool. It shows that there are immature cliques on this board and the 40 somethings stick together. I guess the pollsters are right when they say that internet message boards are flooded with old white men who don't have anything to live for anymore. Keep up the good fight my Michigan brethren.

Don't celebrate too much. I suspect that the old method of keeping track of point totals will return eventually, and you'll be solidly in the red then. Whether that matters is up to you. Some people get upset about being negged and point totals and others don't.

As far as your assertion that "message boards are flooded with old white men who don't have anything to live for anymore" goes, I got a good laugh. When I make the occasional visit to the Rivals or Scout boards, it's obvious from the comments that the large majority of commenters are in their teens or twenties. The MGoBlog community is more diverse in age range, but I've been here long enough to know that a significant portion of the commenters here are still in school, or are still several years away from their 10th anniversary reunion yet.

Whether you're really a troll I can't say and don't really care, but I would bet that at least some of the negging you're getting is a reaction to your handle. Given Larry Harrison's unfortunate legal difficulties stemming from his sexual inclinations and his relative lack of accomplishments on the field for Michigan, choosing his name was designed to provoke and incite and nothing else.

Another commenter here has chosen the name and photo of a notorious murderer, so I suppose it's inevitable somebody will combine the sexually depraved with the impulse for homicide and sign on MGoBlog as John Wayne Gacy.

Please don't think that this comment puts me on the same team as the douchenozzle you're arguing with here ... but my understanding is that "full of fail" (and it's sibling "epic win") are creatures of internet message boards and actually did come to conversational usage only in the past few years.

That was a really interesting read. It doesn't sound like he will end up qualifying. If that becomes the case then it would be great if the new staff could garner some attention from his end with a possible commitment in 2012.